I'm quite pleased with how this blouse turned out.
I had wanted to use one of my sleeve drafts and I also had this lovely Rose and Hubble fabric (this is the black and white colourway, I also bought some in the blue and white).
I should have paid more attention to which blouse pattern I picked - I had to adjust the shoulders too much on this one because this started out as a sleeveless top with those silly cap sleeves. They look horrible on me, just make me look like a prize boxer: huge shoulders, it's totally the wrong proportion on me.
I finally managed to fit my sleeve template into the newly adjusted armhole, phew.
The sleeve is meant to have a peaked cuff. The cuff is only attached at the bottom and was supposed to stand away from the sleeve at the peak. I did adapt the pattern to give the cuff more room at the peak by slashing it and pulling the two pieces apart at the top (hinge at the hem/bottom) - leaving a gap of 3-4 mm. I didn't realise that this wouldn't be enough. Because the cuff sits on top of the lower sleeve layer, it just doesn't leave any gap. Ah right, I'll know for next time.
This is a not very good photo of the sleeve:
I found some great buttons that go well with this:
I sewed the V-neck down from the right side by edge-stitching at about an inch, to make sure that the facings would stay down.
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